A MAN bombarded a woman with sexually explicit messages in an online marketplace. Phillip Allum appeared in the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, September 4. The 39-year-old, of Rosedale Gardens, Thatcham, admitted harassing the woman in Thatcham between Saturday, January 13 and Sunday, February 4, by sending repeated, unwanted messages of a sexually explicit nature via Facebook Marketplace. Magistrates ordered pre-sentence reports. They stipulated these should be prepared on an ‘all options’ basis, including custody. Allum was meanwhile released on unconditional bail.